date:20200324

At least it is a respectable looking building, well worth restoring. My 
GGFather & his younger brother emigrated from Ireland to 
Kingwilliamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa in the late 1800's. The 
brother became the proprietor of the Masonic Hotel which still stands 
today but it now looks like a sleazy dump with the current owner making 
a living from the off-sales. No chance of being declared a National 
Monument! This image is from Google Earth:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/49696156366/

Alan C

On 23-Mar-20 04:16 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

One of our local landmarks a 150 plus year old hotel, has been bought and
is now under going restoration.

After removing some gawd awful stucco they revealed this old sign.
Investigation tells me its from the mid 50's/

Hope they add it into the curb appeal but if local trends dictate it will
not

Nikon D7200, 18-70 zoom.

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Bill


On 3/24/2020 3:10 PM, mike wilson wrote:



On 24 March 2020 at 14:31 Postmaster  wrote:


Bill wrote:


We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an
essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home
need something to do.


It's probably just a matter of "well, we were planning to paint the
living room anyway and now we find ourselves with a lot of free
time..." It's literally what I'd be doing now if Lisa had ordered the
paint color she wanted in time. (Too late now so I'm off the hook!)


Painting would be good.  So far, have project managed the building of a garden 
office, remodelled the garden and, if the manufacturers had not refused to 
deliver the new sliding doors, I would be in the middle of chopping a lump out 
of the back of the house to fit them.  I might yet be reroofing the 
conservatory.  And I'm still at work



The point is, if you don't need to go out in public, don't go out.
Our paint guys had 400 transactions on Saturday in a 10 hour shopping 
day, and the numbers indicated that virtually every one involved mixing 
paint for people.
Sorry, but home decorating is not an emergency, no matter how bored you 
are.


bill

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

>I haven't seen anyone other than my partner closer than about 6 feet away 
>in that time, other than to use Apple Pay to touch a machine at the grocery 
>store

Something worth mentioning: Don't pay (or take change!) in cash if you
can possibly avoid it. Money passes through a lot of hands during its
lifetime and there's no telling what it might pick up. Credit cards
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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

Yes, we all have to work together to beat this plague. 

Aside from going to the grocery store for supplies twice, and stopping to get a 
take-out lunch today at a nearby restaurant on my walk, and riding my bicycle 
on "isolation exercise" rides, I've barely left the condo for eight days. I 
haven't seen anyone other than my partner closer than about 6 feet away in that 
time, other than to use Apple Pay to touch a machine at the grocery store I 
don't touch anything. 

There are a bunch of different rules of lock down in different places. And 
there's no credible analysis of which of them are working to diminish the 
problem and which aren't as yet. That takes more days and more sample analysis 
than can have been done so far. 

Many will die, have died, in all the places where I see reportage. Some places 
are showing slowdown in the advancement of the infections, others are still 
accelerating. I haven't seen much reportage from South America or Africa yet. 
The body counts could be enormous; I just don't know.

And the blowhard in chief is talking about things as if it were already over 
and done. 'We can do more than one thing! We can get back to work and save 
everyone too! Enough of this being closed down! We'll come back strong! …' and 
so forth. Fecking imbecile. 

Keep working at it, follow sensible precautions until the situation is properly 
addressed, ignore (and fire) the imbeciles. That's what we can do. 

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Re: Pentax MX - BUts and Bolts Review

2020-03-24 Thread P. J. Alling

I read the review, I like your title better.  The review wasn't bad, 
but, it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.


On 3/23/2020 6:18 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

Subject line should read:

'Pentax MX - Nuts and Bolts Review'

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson

> On 24 March 2020 at 14:31 Postmaster  wrote:
> 
> 
> Bill wrote:
> 
> >We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an 
> >essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home 
> >need something to do. 
> 
> It's probably just a matter of "well, we were planning to paint the
> living room anyway and now we find ourselves with a lot of free
> time..." It's literally what I'd be doing now if Lisa had ordered the
> paint color she wanted in time. (Too late now so I'm off the hook!)

Painting would be good.  So far, have project managed the building of a garden 
office, remodelled the garden and, if the manufacturers had not refused to 
deliver the new sliding doors, I would be in the middle of chopping a lump out 
of the back of the house to fit them.  I might yet be reroofing the 
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson



> On 24 March 2020 at 13:26 Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 24.03.20 um 14:15 schrieb Bob Pdml:
> > Nice tree. I went for an officially government-sanctioned bicycle ride this 
> > morning. Spring is definitely starting to appear. Better still, the air is 
> > very clean.
> 
> Any idea what kind of tree this is? In a day or two it will be snowing
> tiny yellow petals.
> 
> The improvement in air quality is amazing. The papers say 75 % less air
> pollution.

Looks like it could be a Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) from the general 
morphology but they tend to be one of the last trees in leaf here.  Have a look 
at the Wiki page.

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Larry Colen


> On Mar 24, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> A hate being a snitch but if this goes on I'll give the authorities a
> call. I haven't been outside for almost two weeks and I have no use for
> people contributing to an eventual overload of our health systems.

Randall Munroe nails it, again

https://xkcd.com/2284/

Don’t miss the mouseover text


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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread mike wilson



> On 24 March 2020 at 14:23 "Daniel J. Matyola"  wrote:
> 
> 
> See how some Americans are disobeying the regulations:
> 
> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/americans-coronavirus-social-distancing-shelter-in-place?

They missed the pic of president tweety and his minions huddled together on the 
platform telling everyone to do it.

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Re: PESO: Spring before my window


Am 24.03.20 um 18:58 schrieb John:


It's eerily quiet out there...

Looks like, over here, the guys and gals from the blue-light scene have
been told to tone it down. While police, ambulances, and fire brigade
usually drive around with blasting sirens they've gone all quiet.

We're living just around the corner to a street that leads to four big
hospitals and it makes an enormous difference, especially at night.
Haven't slept as well in decades.

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Re: OT Peso's Holden hotel

2020-03-24 Thread Olga Iona Custer

I love the way the shadows work in the second one! These are some gorgeous 
lines!

> On Mar 23, 2020, at 7:16 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> One of our local landmarks a 150 plus year old hotel, has been bought and
> is now under going restoration.
> 
> After removing some gawd awful stucco they revealed this old sign.
> Investigation tells me its from the mid 50's/
> 
> Hope they add it into the curb appeal but if local trends dictate it will
> not
> 
> Nikon D7200, 18-70 zoom.
> 
> Dave
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/49690492331/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/49690491976/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/49689957718/
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

I saw a fox early this morning as I was walking our dog.  Beautiful
animals, but quite elusive.

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 3:07 PM Bob Pdml  wrote:

>
> > On 24 Mar 2020, at 18:44, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> >
> > Am 24.03.20 um 18:58 schrieb John:
> >
> >> All the pollen in the air it looks like I'm walking through a snowstorm
> >> when I take the dog out at night. During the day it looks like a mad
> >> painter has run amok with a tanker truck of yellow paint.
> >
> > That will come in a few weeks, here. The yellow dust that even sticks to
> > vertical window panes and all the fluff from the poplars.
> >
> > Then again, pollen is no air pollution.
> >
> > It will be interesting to see if any wildlife returns to the city. We
> > haven't had any birds except crows, pigeons, magpies and the occasional
> > blackbird. There used to be many more species, years ago. All gone.
>
> I heard a great many blackbirds today, and saw a fox in the next street at
> about 4.30 pm - I don’t usually see h the em during the day. It’s perhaps
> partly because the building sites are quiet at the moment.
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread Bob Pdml


> On 24 Mar 2020, at 18:44, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 24.03.20 um 18:58 schrieb John:
> 
>> All the pollen in the air it looks like I'm walking through a snowstorm
>> when I take the dog out at night. During the day it looks like a mad
>> painter has run amok with a tanker truck of yellow paint.
> 
> That will come in a few weeks, here. The yellow dust that even sticks to
> vertical window panes and all the fluff from the poplars.
> 
> Then again, pollen is no air pollution.
> 
> It will be interesting to see if any wildlife returns to the city. We
> haven't had any birds except crows, pigeons, magpies and the occasional
> blackbird. There used to be many more species, years ago. All gone.

I heard a great many blackbirds today, and saw a fox in the next street at 
about 4.30 pm - I don’t usually see h the em during the day. It’s perhaps 
partly because the building sites are quiet at the moment.
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window


Am 24.03.20 um 18:58 schrieb John:


All the pollen in the air it looks like I'm walking through a snowstorm
when I take the dog out at night. During the day it looks like a mad
painter has run amok with a tanker truck of yellow paint.


That will come in a few weeks, here. The yellow dust that even sticks to
vertical window panes and all the fluff from the poplars.

Then again, pollen is no air pollution.

It will be interesting to see if any wildlife returns to the city. We
haven't had any birds except crows, pigeons, magpies and the occasional
blackbird. There used to be many more species, years ago. All gone.

Ralf

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Re: PESO: Windsurfers

Thanks, Alan.

I have never tried windsurfing, but I enjoy watching it.

A couple of decades ago, I tried board surfing.  It is quite tricky,
especially for guys like me with poor balance.  What surprised me most,
however, is how much work it is.  After the thrill of finally catching a
wave, paddling back out is strenuous, especially as the width of the board
pretty much limits the paddling to the lower arms.  I stick to outrigger
canoe paddling these days.


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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:29 PM Alan C  wrote:

> That's a fine action shot, Dan. Most people don't realize how good those
> top board sailors are. I did a bit of windsurfing when I was much
> younger but only in light winds on flat water & found it quite a trial.
> My teenage daughters did much better! A board has been sitting in my
> garage for years - I was thinking about using it as a stand up paddle
> board but haven't yet.
>
> Alan C
>
> On 24-Mar-20 05:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > Ho'okipa Beach, on the North Shore of Maui, is a world renown mecca for
> top
> > windsurfers.  It is just west of Pe'ahi, the infamous "Jaws" tow-in
> > location for monstrous waves.
> >
> >
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/24/windsurfers
> >
> > K-5 IIs, smc FA 75-300 mm F 4.5-5.8
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Re: PESO: Windsurfers

Thanks, Rick.  Very helpful suggestions.

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:39 PM Rick Womer  wrote:

> Dan, this is promising. I have two suggestions:
>
> -  crop out the outside windsurfers, so that attention focuses on the
> middle 3 with the mountain in the background.
>
> - correct the color, which seems hyper-saturated and blue-shifted. For
> similar Maui pics I clicked the Lightroom eyedropper on the foam of
> breaking waves.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>
> > On Mar 24, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> >
> > Ho'okipa Beach, on the North Shore of Maui, is a world renown mecca for
> top
> > windsurfers.  It is just west of Pe'ahi, the infamous "Jaws" tow-in
> > location for monstrous waves.
> >
> >
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/24/windsurfers
> >
> > K-5 IIs, smc FA 75-300 mm F 4.5-5.8
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread John


On 3/24/2020 09:26:14, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 24.03.20 um 14:15 schrieb Bob Pdml:
Nice tree. I went for an officially government-sanctioned bicycle ride this 
morning. Spring is definitely starting to appear. Better still, the air is 
very clean.


Any idea what kind of tree this is? In a day or two it will be snowing
tiny yellow petals.

The improvement in air quality is amazing. The papers say 75 % less air
pollution.

Ralf


Not here in North Carolina.

All the pollen in the air it looks like I'm walking through a snowstorm when I 
take the dog out at night. During the day it looks like a mad painter has run 
amok with a tanker truck of yellow paint.


The other thing I've noticed ... I take the dog out really late at night so he 
can do his business just before we go to bed. It's eerily quiet out there, like 
a scene from one of those post apocalypse movies where they show all the empty 
streets.


I think if I was a film maker, I'd be getting all the stock footage I could 
while this is going on.



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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Bill


On 3/24/2020 11:47 AM, John wrote:
I note that there aren't many of us old farts in those photos**. It's 
appears to be mostly younger adults.


According to news I've been following they aren't likely to get real 
sick & die from the virus, plus I think there might be an unhealthy dose 
of "Ok, Boomer" in their attitude. They want us to die so they can 
inherit it all.


I really don't think most people think beyond themselves.


I'm just surprised Bill can find "self entitled fucktards" in Canada.


Too much American influence on us, I guess. :)


It's Canada where people apologize when you sneeze on them?


I haven't had that happen, but I did get an apology from someone whose 
toe I had stepped on.


**Or behind the camera going by the "Senior Photo Essay Editor's" photo.



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2020-03-24 Thread John

I note that there aren't many of us old farts in those photos**. It's appears to
be mostly younger adults.

According to news I've been following they aren't likely to get real sick & die
from the virus, plus I think there might be an unhealthy dose of "Ok, Boomer" in
their attitude. They want us to die so they can inherit it all.

I'm just surprised Bill can find "self entitled fucktards" in Canada.

It's Canada where people apologize when you sneeze on them?

**Or behind the camera going by the "Senior Photo Essay Editor's" photo.

On 3/24/2020 10:23:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

See how some Americans are disobeying the regulations:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/americans-coronavirus-social-distancing-shelter-in-place?

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:47 AM Bill wrote:

Saskatchewan has declared a state of emergency, as of yesterday we had
66 confirmed cases in the entire province, none of which can be
attributed to community transmission. It's all sick people coming home
from their holidays in virus hot spots so far, though it is inevitable
it will get out into the population eventually. There are too many self
entitled fucktards out there to ensure that will happen.

The home improvement store that I help manage is still open, though a
lot of what are considered non essential businesses have been closed by
government order.

We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an
essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home
need something to do. Why the idiots don't just stay home and read a
book is beyond me.
I can understand if a pipe bursts that you need to fix it, but deciding
that you want to change the colour of your living room walls doesn't
strike me as a pressing need. See the above comment about self entitled
fucktards.

I'm still going to work every day, trying to keep the mandated two
meters from people. Most people are being good about it, the few that
aren't I just walk away from. They are the aforementioned self entitled
fucktards that I don't have any use for anyway.

Stay healthy, and stay home if you can.

bill

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Re: PESO: Windsurfers

2020-03-24 Thread Rick Womer

Dan, this is promising. I have two suggestions: 

-  crop out the outside windsurfers, so that attention focuses on the middle 3 
with the mountain in the background. 

- correct the color, which seems hyper-saturated and blue-shifted. For similar 
Maui pics I clicked the Lightroom eyedropper on the foam of breaking waves.

Cheers,

Rick

> On Mar 24, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Ho'okipa Beach, on the North Shore of Maui, is a world renown mecca for top
> windsurfers.  It is just west of Pe'ahi, the infamous "Jaws" tow-in
> location for monstrous waves.
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/24/windsurfers
> 
> K-5 IIs, smc FA 75-300 mm F 4.5-5.8
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window


Only got three so we called it a day until 21st April.

Alan C

On 24-Mar-20 04:39 PM, Alan C wrote:
A very pleasant scene, Ralf. Sunny & cloudless here too but still in 
the high 30's & its almost April. Too hot to start with a new 
vegetable patch yet.


We are holding the last Phalaborwa Road Runners gathering this evening 
until the Lockdown is over. I'm only expecting a handful.


Alan C


On 24-Mar-20 03:04 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

The look out of our window at noon today. Bright sunshine, not a single
cloud in the sky, but cold and windy.

The staff from the town archive opposite are enjoying a bit of sun for
their lunch break - sagely in groups of two, as ordered by the 
government.


http://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-20-00023.jpg

Pentax K-3, Sigma EX-DC 4-5.6/10-20 mm

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Re: PESO: Windsurfers

That's a fine action shot, Dan. Most people don't realize how good those 
top board sailors are. I did a bit of windsurfing when I was much 
younger but only in light winds on flat water & found it quite a trial. 
My teenage daughters did much better! A board has been sitting in my 
garage for years - I was thinking about using it as a stand up paddle 
board but haven't yet.


Alan C

On 24-Mar-20 05:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ho'okipa Beach, on the North Shore of Maui, is a world renown mecca for top
windsurfers.  It is just west of Pe'ahi, the infamous "Jaws" tow-in
location for monstrous waves.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/24/windsurfers

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PESO: Windsurfers

Ho'okipa Beach, on the North Shore of Maui, is a world renown mecca for top
windsurfers.  It is just west of Pe'ahi, the infamous "Jaws" tow-in
location for monstrous waves.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/3/24/windsurfers

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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

A very pleasant scene, Ralf. Sunny & cloudless here too but still in the 
high 30's & its almost April. Too hot to start with a new vegetable 
patch yet.


We are holding the last Phalaborwa Road Runners gathering this evening 
until the Lockdown is over. I'm only expecting a handful.


Alan C


On 24-Mar-20 03:04 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

The look out of our window at noon today. Bright sunshine, not a single
cloud in the sky, but cold and windy.

The staff from the town archive opposite are enjoying a bit of sun for
their lunch break - sagely in groups of two, as ordered by the 
government.


http://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-20-00023.jpg

Pentax K-3, Sigma EX-DC 4-5.6/10-20 mm

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Postmaster

Bill wrote:

>We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an 
>essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home 
>need something to do. 

It's probably just a matter of "well, we were planning to paint the
living room anyway and now we find ourselves with a lot of free
time..." It's literally what I'd be doing now if Lisa had ordered the
paint color she wanted in time. (Too late now so I'm off the hook!)

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread


Am 24.03.20 um 14:46 schrieb Bill:


We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an
essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home
need something to do.


We don't have a lock-down but a ban on groups of more than two people
out on the streets.

Our DIY stores are also still open in order to give people living in the
same household something to do and keep them from going at each others'
throats. Various associations are already warning that domestic violence
will become a bigger problem than ever.

The city of Cologne's two recycling yards are run over by people
clearing out their basements and safe distances can no longer be
maintained there. They're now threatening to close them.

The café opposite is not allowed to serve people at its tables but may
sell its pastries and coffee for take-away. There's a cluster of people
standing in front eating, drinking and smoking although take-away food
and drinks must not be consumed within 40 metres of the point-of-sale.

A hate being a snitch but if this goes on I'll give the authorities a
call. I haven't been outside for almost two weeks and I have no use for
people contributing to an eventual overload of our health systems.

Ralf

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

See how some Americans are disobeying the regulations:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/americans-coronavirus-social-distancing-shelter-in-place?


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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:47 AM Bill  wrote:

>
>
> Saskatchewan has declared a state of emergency, as of yesterday we had
> 66 confirmed cases in the entire province, none of which can be
> attributed to community transmission. It's all sick people coming home
> from their holidays in virus hot spots so far, though it is inevitable
> it will get out into the population eventually. There are too many self
> entitled fucktards out there to ensure that will happen.
>
> The home improvement store that I help manage is still open, though a
> lot of what are considered non essential businesses have been closed by
> government order.
>
> We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an
> essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home
> need something to do. Why the idiots don't just stay home and read a
> book is beyond me.
> I can understand if a pipe bursts that you need to fix it, but deciding
> that you want to change the colour of your living room walls doesn't
> strike me as a pressing need. See the above comment about self entitled
> fucktards.
>
> I'm still going to work every day, trying to keep the mandated two
> meters from people. Most people are being good about it, the few that
> aren't I just walk away from. They are the aforementioned self entitled
> fucktards that I don't have any use for anyway.
>
> Stay healthy, and stay home if you can.
>
> bill
>
>
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

Very nicely rendered scene, Ralf.

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:05 AM Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:

> The look out of our window at noon today. Bright sunshine, not a single
> cloud in the sky, but cold and windy.
>
> The staff from the town archive opposite are enjoying a bit of sun for
> their lunch break - sagely in groups of two, as ordered by the government.
>
> http://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-20-00023.jpg
>
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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread Steve Cottrell

On 24/3/20, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed:

>The look out of our window at noon today. Bright sunshine, not a single
>cloud in the sky, but cold and windy.
>
>The staff from the town archive opposite are enjoying a bit of sun for
>their lunch break - sagely in groups of two, as ordered by the government.
>
>http://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-20-00023.jpg

Very pleasant! Who would have thought that Belgium could look so quaint ;-)




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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

2020-03-24 Thread Bill





Saskatchewan has declared a state of emergency, as of yesterday we had 
66 confirmed cases in the entire province, none of which can be 
attributed to community transmission. It's all sick people coming home 
from their holidays in virus hot spots so far, though it is inevitable 
it will get out into the population eventually. There are too many self 
entitled fucktards out there to ensure that will happen.


The home improvement store that I help manage is still open, though a 
lot of what are considered non essential businesses have been closed by 
government order.


We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an 
essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home 
need something to do. Why the idiots don't just stay home and read a 
book is beyond me.
I can understand if a pipe bursts that you need to fix it, but deciding 
that you want to change the colour of your living room walls doesn't 
strike me as a pressing need. See the above comment about self entitled 
fucktards.


I'm still going to work every day, trying to keep the mandated two 
meters from people. Most people are being good about it, the few that 
aren't I just walk away from. They are the aforementioned self entitled 
fucktards that I don't have any use for anyway.


Stay healthy, and stay home if you can.

bill




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Re: PESO: Spring before my window


Am 24.03.20 um 14:15 schrieb Bob Pdml:

Nice tree. I went for an officially government-sanctioned bicycle ride this 
morning. Spring is definitely starting to appear. Better still, the air is very 
clean.


Any idea what kind of tree this is? In a day or two it will be snowing
tiny yellow petals.

The improvement in air quality is amazing. The papers say 75 % less air
pollution.

Ralf

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Re: PESO: Spring before my window

2020-03-24 Thread Bob Pdml

Nice tree. I went for an officially government-sanctioned bicycle ride this 
morning. Spring is definitely starting to appear. Better still, the air is very 
clean.

> On 24 Mar 2020, at 13:05, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> The look out of our window at noon today. Bright sunshine, not a single
> cloud in the sky, but cold and windy.
> 
> The staff from the town archive opposite are enjoying a bit of sun for
> their lunch break - sagely in groups of two, as ordered by the government.
> 
> http://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-20-00023.jpg
> 
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